Good point on the existence of the down vote functionality, I've amended my comment above.
To your other points though, Github being DDoSed is something I would like to know about, but does not happen so frequently that I should bookmark the status page and check it every hour to see if someone is DDoSing them. That's rather absurd.
There is a reason there are controls to allow you to upvote, or downvote stories. If you don't like a story, and have nothing to contribute to the story, downvote it. If the story is in the top few, it's because people (that aren't you) are interested in knowing that github is getting attacked.
EVERYTHING is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things.
Edit: Heh, there are no downvotes on HN for stories. My bad.
I would guess that in the game of spy vs. spy, you never show your hand. If I declare that a chip has a backdoor, then the enemy knows, and won't use it. New chips and doors will be created. But if I sit on it, then the bad guys may try something, and you can intercept it, or defend against it, or even exploit it yourself.
Actually, the article I wanted to see was mentioned above: http://tech.co/treehouse-ipad-app-2013-07. Coming from a press release, or a quote from the CEO. TNW however did not relay who the quote was coming from, and some random guy at treehouse may not have all the facts. But apparently, Apple is up to it's old tricks.
I would like to get an official statement by either company before I jump to conclusions. I seem to recall someone at google claiming that Apple had not yet approved the Maps app and it wasn't even submitted yet. Apple used to do a lot of sketchy stuff like this, so we all assume it's true. But until I see something official, then I'll hold judgement.
I'm okay with it. Weev is the type of guy I wish was behind bars. He's a stain with no redeeming qualities that I can tell. He takes a lot of joy in causing people pain, and many peoples lives are better with him behind bars. So I don't really care if it's for wire fraud or tax evasion.
The two tasks aren't mutually exclusive. If you can only do one, then that's fine, there isn't anything wrong with that. But leadership has nothing to do with a title, so if you weren't leading before you took a leadership role, then of course you're going to struggle.
How long would you have to run the centrifuge for? If it were 6-7 times faster, you would have to run a machine nonstop for 10 years. Seems like a tremendous waste of energy, heat from a motor which could affect the results, and a great likelihood of experimental equipment failure.
Does anyone know why we can't have nice terminal emulators on Windows? I would kill for something that was a fraction as good as the default terms in OSX or Ubuntu.
Oh, and if the NSA is listening, I wouldn't actually kill, that's just an expression. Please don't arrest me.
That's because the name "Restore the 4th (including the 'penumbras' and 'emanations' of other constitutional protections found in the 4th, 5th, and 9th)" was already taken by a pedantic moron, so they had to settle on something that got the point across without taking up pages of text.
I used to say that people were paranoid who thought the government was spying on them. So I'm not quite ready to dismiss this as a crazy conspiracy just yet.
Even after this explanation, I feel I'm just too dumb to understand the benefit. I'm not being negative, but until I see a real use case, I'm just don't see how this fits.
You think the problem with society is our pattern recognition, and exclusion behaviour? A result of being inundated with perpetual signage which is irrelevant, or inane?
Since this is a result of society, why are you getting all blamey?
"hokey team visualization gimics" keep management off the teams ass, so I appreciate a little attention. Though I ultimately agree, there isn't a lot here that's scratching any of our itches.
"The truth is that the current TV system is a great deal for everyone."
No, it isn't. I cut the cord, and watch media on Netflix & Hulu and buy 2-3 shows on iTunes. To get the same number of movies and series on TV I was paying for a $100+ per month cable bill. Now I'm paying $40 for internet and $8 for Netflix and about $6 per month from iTunes TV shows. So I get a better experience, can watch what I want when I want it, and pay about half of what I used to.
Not useless, but validation of the presence of a valid email does not validate the accuracy of the email. It may be valid and still wrong. Therefore the return on investment, and the possible exclusions of valid email doesn't justify the time in most cases. So not useless, but certainly a poor investment of time.